CVE-2020-0616
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka ...
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka 'Microsoft Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka 'Microsoft Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-0616- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka 'Microsoft Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-0616- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2111 No score
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka 'Microsoft Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2020-2111- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wffv-45fq-q499 No score
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka ...
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka 'Microsoft Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-wffv-45fq-q499- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows server
- microsoft windows server, version 1903 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server, version 1909 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows server 2016
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-0616 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows, published January 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.78%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.